Lampaden

Lampaden is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The village is over a thousand years old and acquired grazing rights in the year 1036. The area was already populated in Celtic and Roman times.

Lampaden
Coat of arms of Lampaden
Location of Lampaden within Trier-Saarburg district
Lampaden   is located in Germany
Lampaden
Lampaden
Lampaden   is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Lampaden
Lampaden
Coordinates: 49°38′55″N 6°42′7″E
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictTrier-Saarburg
Municipal assoc.Saarburg-Kell
Government
  Mayor (201924) Martin Marx[1]
Area
  Total8.16 km2 (3.15 sq mi)
Elevation
420 m (1,380 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31)[2]
  Total548
  Density67/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
54316
Dialling codes06588
Vehicle registrationTR
Websitelampaden.de

During World War II, the only two operational V3 cannons used to bombard Luxembourg were installed in a wooded ravine of the river Ruwer at Lampaden about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) southeast of Trier. The village was heavily damaged in early March 1945 during a German counterattack.

Lampaden has 599 inhabitants (as of 2016).[3] These include 279 men (49 %) and 288 women (51%).

References

  1. Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Trier-Saarburg, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 2 August 2021.
  2. "Bevölkerungsstand 2021, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2022.
  3. "rlpDirekt Portal". www.rlpdirekt.de. Retrieved 2021-12-06.


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